Candidate For CM Post of Maharashtra & Decline of Ministership
After Controversial resignation of Chief Minister A R Antulay in 1982, Gulabrao Patil was leading & most able candidate of next Chief Minister of Maharashtra at that time as he was President of Maharashtra State Congress and close associate of Indira Gandhi. But at last moment his name was changed due to internal politics. Sooner in next government of Babasaheb Bhosale, Gulabrao Patil was offered Minister-ship which was a lower post than his designation a State Minister-ship, but he denied the Minister-ship, and famously said, Power without Prestige, is a Gun without Bullets. This historic statement made him more popular in entire Maharashtra State, as this showed that he was not greedy for power but a 'True Leader' dedicated for upliftment of society. After assassination of Indira Gandhi Gulabrao Patil supported Rajiv Gandhi at Central Politics. He severed as a loyal & honest Cooperative Leader & Congressman until he expired in Pune by a heart failure on 21 January 1989 at age of 67.
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